McAfee AV software bundled with Jave updates

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

When the automatic update mechanism included with Java
kicks off and you tell it to update, the setup box now
comes up with an option to install a 30 day version of
McAfee anti virus software. The option is checked by
default so anyone that updates their Java installation
without paying close attention will also install McAfee.

Has anyone researched this already enough to have found
a registry setting or something else so at least
the default action will be NOT to install the software?

I can't believe they did this.



Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University
www.jmu.edu/computing/security